S03E08 The Value the Voice Episode

Check-In Question:

• Would you tell people if you won the lottery, would you tell people or keep it a secret? 

Big Ideas:

• Exercise:
  • Draw a meeting on a paper.
    • Color code.  RED- people talking too much. GREEN - people talking too little. ORANGE - people speaking in a toxic way
    • What do you notice? 
• Share of voice
• When is interrupting others okay? 
• Cultural differences between share of voice, and adapting to how others communicate
• How can we encourage green people to talk more, besides simply "Speak up"?
  • Wait time.
  • Eye contact
  • Moderate conversation more
• Does everyone's voice need to be heard?
• Are we using breakout rooms to create engagement
• 1-2-4-ALL Giving people the opportunities to write first, then share with a pair, then the whole group
• Turn to your neighbor
• Brainstorming are often more geared for extroverted people. Extend the brainstorm
• When we don't hear from others, we don't hear opposition
• Power has nothing to do with performance at times.
• Certain situations when collective intelligence is not appropriate
• Hearing from the experts, credible, valuable contributors? 
• Wisdom of the LOUD, doesn't necessarily incorporate the most credible people
• Context matters
• Collective intelligence - more people sharing, focus on social sensitivity
• More social sensitivity when there are women in the room
• Swap out the moderators of a meeting, to shift the share of voice
• Connection between empowering people and burnout - some people aren't ready to be empowered
• Entrepreneurship training versus leadership training
• Front load the sharing to equate share of voice
• Bring awareness to people
• ONE BREATH SHARE - keeps sharing limited
• What's the purpose of the meeting?
• Who's really making the decision?

Resources:

• Leadership is Language by L. David Marquet
• 1-2-4-ALL, Liberating Structures
• Nominal Group Technique
• Humanocracy by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini

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